1854
Alfredo Catalani, Italian composer and academic (died 1893)
Alfredo Catalani, Italian composer and academic (died 1893)
Alfredo Catalani, Italian composer and academic (died 1893)
Alfredo Catalani
Italian operatic composer (1854–1893)
- Born
- 1854
Alfredo Catalani was an Italian operatic composer. He is best remembered for his operas Loreley (1890) and La Wally (1892). La Wally was composed to a libretto by Luigi Illica, and features Catalani's most famous aria "Ebben? Ne andrò lontana." This aria, sung by American soprano Wilhelmenia Fernandez, was at the heart of Jean-Jacques Beineix's 1981 film Diva. Catalani's other operas were much less successful.